Indonesian stocks posted their steepest two-day sell-off on record after MSCI said it was considering moving the country from “emerging market” to “standalone” status. The Jakarta benchmark fell 11.6 per cent on Friday and 3.6 per cent on Monday, hitting a six-year low intraday. The rupiah weakened to 18,030 per dollar, near June's record low of 18,190, while the 10-year government bond yield rose to 7.4 per cent. The exchange cut its daily down limit to 7 per cent from 15 per cent and will exclude stocks with high ownership concentration from the Jakarta Composite Index. Foreign investors have net sold US$4.98 billion of Indonesian stocks this year, on track for the biggest annual outflow in at least 16 years.
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